The Oologist. 



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TAXI HERMY 



Vol. XXVII. No. 5. ALBION, N. Y., MAY 15, 1910. Whole No. 274 



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BIRDS 



WANTED.— For cash in mounting con- 

 dition; skins of Irory-billed Pileated Wood- 

 pecker. L. A. PARRE. Batavia. III. (1) 



WANTED.— A few good skins of the Aleu- 

 tian Tern (Sterna aleutica) Thayer Museum, 

 Lancaster, Mass. 



WANTED.— One first set each of Sandhill 

 and Whooping Crane, one pair of skins of 

 Whooping Crane. Will exchange specimens 

 from Northwest Canada. MACKAY & 

 DIPPIE. Calgary, Alberta. 



WANTED. -Skins of birds of the Rocky 

 Mountain and (iulf states, also a few rare 

 Eastern. Can offer maierial from Baja Cali- 

 fornia (Mexiro) and good exchange in well 

 made Western skins. Please send complete 

 lists. PINGREE I. OSBURNE, Pasadena. 

 Cal. 



TO EXCHANGE. -Finely mounted birds 

 and deer heads, several hundred Natural 

 History and Si)ortsman's magazines, for 

 bird and mammal skins. GEO. F. GUELF, 

 Taxidermist. Brockport. N. Y. 



Any collectors having a few good labeled 

 specimens of foreign birds, send list. I will 

 give A 1 skins of Illinois and California birds. 

 Also offer skins of common specimens from 

 Illinois for nests and sets of small species. 

 HENRY K. COALE, Highland Park, Lake 

 Co.. 111. 



WANTED. -Male and female of Wood 

 Duck. Great Horned Owl. Screech Owl. Spar- 

 row Hawk. Flicker. Baltimore Oriole. Blue 

 Jay and Scarlet Tanager. The first five with 

 nests in section of hollow tree and the latter 

 three withneS'ts and eggs in section of original 

 branches. P'or further particulars address 

 J. FRIESSER, 5620 Lake Ave.. Chicago, 111. 



WA\TEr).-Ti) buy first class skins nf the 

 Hawks and Owls, or will s\ve good exchange 

 in books. Write S. V. WHARHA vi, Geneva, 

 Ohio. 



W.ANTED.- To buy first cln^s skins of 

 species east of Mississippi. Kindly quote 

 sex. Also Osprey I, Nos. 1. 2: Xidinlo^isf I, 

 Nos. 1-4: Bulletin' Cooppr Clnb T. Xo. 1: Bird 

 Lore 1900-2: 1901-1. 2: 1905-1: IPOP-'^ll: Audu- 

 bon, Orni^b. B'nff'apbv. vols. 2. -1 5. fll 

 B. H. SWALES, (irosse Is'e, Mich. 



WANTED.— First clfl"" skins of Murrelets, 

 Gulls. Sbearwatpro. Rails. «hOT-e Birds, 

 Grouse. Hawks. Owls, particularly Snowy 

 and Great Grav. and cer^^ain «mall Innd bird". 

 Offe'- reprpsentntive Soutbprn rplifornia 

 snecies. also finp sets rif pprsonallv taken 

 Pfppprnann's Guile and Blnp-footpd Boobies, 

 \]\ rpii-ahip rnllpctors spnd li«ts. PINGREY 

 I. OSBT^RN. Pasadena. Calif. 



QT'.ATJTY BIRD SKTN^.— If vou are in 

 pppri of materia' f'-om *^bp T.owpr RioGrande, 

 southward in Mptico; Ipf rnpbear from you. 

 Mv worV- is eaufi'pd bv nullity, not nnantitv 

 of oiifpnt: a fact worthv of your serious f'on- 

 sfdpration. when flddin? to your pollection. 

 «!prips rpprpsPuGn? tbe spec'po from fbp pse 

 to thp qr?"U pqn bP a'-rqnepd for. ATTSTIN 



PAUL SMITH. Bo x 141. Brownsville. Texas. 



"TpTTF CFLFBRATFD HT^NrjATflAN AND 

 KNGLISH PAPTRIDGFS AND PHEAS- 

 ANTS. C9pprnail7ip«. black eame. wild 

 turkey", quftilo. rn^bitp. deer. etc. for stoclc 

 purposes. Fancy pbeasints. pe^ifowl, swnns. 

 cranp«. stork", ornainnpntal ^ppsp and ducks. 

 foTPS onnir'-olQ. fp-^-etq. qnd all Irinds of 

 birdsand animal". WENZ A- M ACKENSEN. 

 Dept H. Phea«antry A- Game Park, Yardley. 

 Pa. 



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